Curtain-fixture.



WILLIAM PASSMORE, 0F PONTIAC, MICHIGAN.

CURTAIN-FIXTURE.

Application filed July 5, 1918.

and an object of my `improvement is to provide a simple, strong and etiicient combination fixture that may be cheaply made and that shall serve to support both the curtain and shade.

I accomplish this result in the device illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which;

Figure 1 is a plan view of an apparatus embodying my invention secured in place, the shade roll and curtain pole being shown adjusted to posi-tion.

Fig. 2 is a. front elevation of the same, the shade roll and curtain pole and the support for the latter being shown in dotted lines.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of a fixture embodying my invention. J

Fig. 4 is a side elevation of thesarne looking from one side, the holderfforthe curtain pole being shown adjusted-to position.

Fig. 5 is a side view of' the fixture looking from the other sideufroiit thatfshown 'in Fig. 4, and l' Fig. 6 is aplatifview of the blank from which the fixture is""formed.

Figa-7 shows a modified form of the holder.

The fixture embodying my invention is made entirely of sheet metal and consists of an arm (l pressed out tofform a concaveconvex portion d2 at orieend with a central aperture (.13 therein for receiving the/pintle of the shade roll. At tfhe other' end of the arm there are lugs e e ormed at/-the top and bottom edges and between t] se lugs is formed a tongue f which is /bent around upon itself to form a vertically extending socket f2. f3 is a notch Jor positioning the curtain pole holding arm.

a represents the attaching surface tor the fixtures. ,The xtures are secured in the usual way with the pairs of lugs e e extend- Specication of Letters Patent.

ing toward each other and screws passing' through lthe holes in said lugs, The tongue Patented Feb. 18, 1919.

serial No. 243,286.

rolled into the sockettf: extends outward in the opposite direction to the lugs e. The slot f is cut in the upper edge ot the. tongue at the upper and outer portion ot' the socket f2.

f/ is a curtain rod holder. This consists ot' a rod bent upward into a vertically upwardly extending portion g2 at its outer end and a vertically downwardly extending portion g at its inner end. The portion g3 extends into the socket f2 and fits therein. The horizontally extending portion drops into 'the notch 7'3 and is thereby held in its approximate position. The curtain rod c is then put in position, the. portions g2 extend'- ing upward through vertical holes 02 in the curtain rod.

Various forms of curtain rod holders may be used instead of that above described and shown in Fig. 1. For instance, the form shown in Fig. 7 may be used where wooden curtain rods are employed. Inthis the rod g is bent to form a loop yg at its outer end and the Wooden rod will rest in this loop` the outer portion of the loop extends vertically upward so that it may engage in a hole in the metal end as first above described, thus forming a combination part adapted to receive both kinds of curtain rods, or the holder may be inverted and turned end for end, the part g2 engaging in the .socket f2 and the part g3 engaging in the holder in the metal curtain rod end.

'The ixt re may be made in a machine by a continuous operation. The blank is first cut out/,as shown 'at f5, the lugs e e are then turned at right angles to the arm d toward the convex side there'ot1 and the tongue f is bent in ,the other direction and rolled to form the socket f2.

A slot Z4 will be cut in one of each pair of fixtures to permit the pintle of the shade' roll `to be adjusted to place by a lateral movement in the usual Way. i

What l claim is:

1. A sheet metal combined shade and curtain holder consisting of a blank cut from sheet metal presenting at one extremity a head portion and at its othera rectangular extension. an intermediate laterally extended portion separated by cuts from said recl tangular portion, said head being pressed into eoncivo convex form cut to provide a socket for the shade roller, the rectangular portion being bent on itself to provide a socket for the. pole support, thelaternl extension being bent at right angles to provide means for attaching the bracket to the window frame.

2. A lSheet metal combined Shade and curtain holder consisting' of a blank cut from sheet metal presenting at one extremity a head portion and at its other a rectangular extension, an intermediate laterally extended portion separated by cuts from Said rectangular portion, said head being pressed into coneavo convex form out to provide a socket. for the shade roller, the rectangular portion ,being bent on itself to provide a socket for the pole support, the lateral extension being bent at right angles to provide` meany for attaching: the bracket to the window frameI` the rectangular portion bent to extend to one side of the body and the leteral portion to the other side.

In testimony whereof, I sign this specification.

WILLIAM PASSMORE. 

